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"Language is important. Language is specific." @MonicaHesse, The Washington Post. https://t.co/y6zKX6boFH

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"In which case, nobody ever would have come to America, since our ancestors often immigrated because their home countries were junkheaps, in one way or another. Unless, of course, our ancestors were dragged here, unwilling..."

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"Get too caught up in the profanity, though, and it is easy to forget the real shock is not an eight-letter word but the most charitable interpretation of the sentiment — that the quality of people’s living conditions is what makes them worthy Americans." - WP

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RT @ryanlcooper: a ***loan.*** a fucking $5bn loan on top of $72bn they already can't possibly pay https://t.co/1YgGU5iXiq

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RT @JSODonoghue: Unique to Louisiana, many sheriffs make money off of housing and working state inmates. #lalege #lagov… https://t.co/RWFIaUmD7M

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RT @barefootboomer: If a white dude can wear a flag hugging his nut sack while other white dudes shower him with champagne then Black p… https://t.co/uspXiUT6Rn

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"It’s still definitely a symbol. People take a knee to pray. In the military, we take a knee all the time..." https://t.co/3N5v6L2b7D

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RT @davidlazer: thread.... https://t.co/zW2sLnBJGg

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RT @jimmykimmel: If you too are disappointed in Sen @BillCassidy #GrahamCassidy let them know it - call [phone] https://t.co/eswlh6BaoV

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RT @ezraklein: What's so wild about Cassidy-Graham is it's particularly brutal to Cassidy's home state of Louisiana. This is LA's… https://t.co/UrDapkLlE9

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RT @RTMannJr: Everything is fine in Louisiana. We just need a little more optimism, right? https://t.co/0FJ3dWt4Ln

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RT @ASlavitt: (Red) state's rights! https://t.co/jJG6qeX9lQ

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RT @NWSKeyWest: 10:39a - Center of Hurricane #Irma has moved north of the Keys, dangerous conditions continue across the Keys as wi… https://t.co/gYnb4cA6UC

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RT @womensmarch: #RubyBridges is 63 today. In 1960, she became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in t… https://t.co/3Vub32yQAv

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Children playing feet away from open pools of raw sewage; drinking water pumped beside cracked pipes of untreated waste; human feces flushed back into kitchen sinks and bathtubs whenever the rains come; people testing positive for hookworm, an intestinal parasite that thrives on extreme poverty. These are the findings of a new study into endemic tropical diseases, not in places usually associated with them in the developing world of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, but in a corner of the richest nation on Earth: Alabama. Scientists in Houston, Texas, have lifted the lid on one of America’s darkest and deepest secrets: that hidden beneath fabulous wealth, the US tolerates poverty-related illness at levels comparable to the world’s poorest countries. More than one in three people sampled in a low-income area of Alabama tested positive for traces of hookworm, a gastrointestinal parasite that was thought to have been eradicated from the US decades ago.

Ed Pilkington, The Guardian | Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?

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RT @NBCNightlyNews: NWS graphic shows what to do -- and not do -- if you are forced to move higher in your home due to flooding. #Harvey https://t.co/iSsRxZaf34

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RT @NWS: This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials t… https://t.co/UkEGUihDrU

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